Improved washing-machine



' UNITED STATES a'TnNT rrrcn.

ALBERT PHILIPI, 0F APPLETON, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern Be it `known that I, ALBERT PHiLIrP, of Appleton, in the county of Outagamie and State ot Wisconsin, have invented a new and Improved Ulothes-Wlashing Machine, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accom panying drawings, brming part ot' this speciiieation, in which- Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section of my invention, taken in the line .r x, Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a plan or top view ofthe same Fig. 3, a vertical section ot' a portion oi' the same, taken in the line i/ y, Fig. fl; Fig. 4, a plan or top view of certain parts pertaining to the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

This invention consists in the employment or use of a iiuted cylinder, pressurerollers, an endless apron, and yielding bed, all arranged and combined as hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby clothes may be washed with great facility and in a perfect and thorough manner.

A represents a suds-box, of oblong form, having vertical sides a a and inclined ends b b, and supported at any suitable height by legs c. rIo the inner surfaces ofthe sides a a there are secured horizontal cleats B, in which the bearings d ot' rollers O U are iitted, said bearings resting on springs e, of india-rubber or other suitable elastic material, as shown clearly in Fig. 3. These rollers C C are placed at a suitable distance apart, and midway between them there is placed a yielding bed, D, the upper surface ot' which is iluted longitudinally. rIhis bed D is parallel with the two rollers, C C, and its ends rest upon springs f, of india-rubber or other suitable elastic material, which are inserted in the cleats B I3.

E is an endless apron, which works over rollers F F and passes underneath and over the rollers C C and the bed D, as shown clearly in Fig. l, and G is a tluted cylinder, which is placed transversely over the endless apron E in line with or directly over the bed D. The shaft g ofthe cylinder G has a pinion, It, upon it near one end, and this pinion IL gears into two similar pi11ions,1i, which gea-r into wheels ij at one end of rollers H H, the latter being over the apron E and parallel with the cylinder G.

The operation is as follows: The suds-box A is provided with a requisite quantity oi" suds, and the clothes to be washed are passed between the tinted cylinder G and rollers H H, said cylinder and rollers being moved first in one direction and then in the other, the requisite pressure being given the clothes by means of the rollers U U and bed D, said rollers and bed, in consequence of resting upon springs, being allowed to `vield or give, to conform to the inequality of thickness in the layer of clothes being operated upon. The tinted cylinder G and iluted bed D cause the clothes to be subjected to a requisite degree Ot' friction, while the endless apron E serves as a conveyer, and the rollers H U serve to force the suds through the texture of the clothes, and also serve to i'eed the clothes back .and forth under cylinder Gr.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Fatent- The endless apron E, in connection with the iiuted cylinder G, rollers H Il, yielding bed D, and the yielding rollers G G, all arranged in a suds-box, A, to operate in the manner substantially as and for the purpose speciiied.

ALBERT PHILIPI?. YVitnesses XV. S. WTARNER, H. L. MORREL. 

